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International Atomic Energy Agency: Convention on Nuclear Safety
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 May 2017
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* [The IAEA Convention on Nuclear Safety is reproduced from IAEA Document INFCIRC/449 of July 5, 1994. The Annex to the Final Act of the Diplomatic Conference — Some Clarification with Respect to Procedural and Financial Arrangements, National Reports and the Conduct of Review Meetings, Envisaged in the Convention on Nuclear Safety — is reproduced from IAEA Document INFCIRC/449/Add. 1, Attachment, Annex. The Introductory Note was prepared for International Legal Materials by Paul C. Szasz, Legal Adviser, International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia.
[As of November 15, 1994, the following states had become signatories: Algeria; Argentina*; Armenia; Australia; Austria; Belgium*; Brazil*; Bulgaria*; Canada*; Chile; China*; Cuba; Czech Republic*; Denmark; Egypt; Finland*; France*; Germany*; Greece; Hungary*; India*; Indonesia; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan*; Republic of Korea*; Luxembourg; Mexico*; Netherlands*; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Norway (ratification on September 29,1994); Pakistan*; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation*; Slovak Republic*; Slovenia*; South Africa*; Spain*; Sudan; Sweden*; Syria; Tunisia; Turkey; Ukraine*; United Kingdom*; United States*. The asterisk (*) indicates that the state has at least one nuclear installation which has achieved criticality in a reactor core; see: table 1 "Nuclear Power Reactors in Operation and Under Construction", April 1994 edition of“Nuclear Power Reactors in the World", Reference Data Series No. 2, IAEA, Vienna.
[The Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, opened for signature on March 3, 1980, appears at 18 I.L.M. 1419 (1979). The Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident, of September 26, 1986, appears at 25 I.L.M. 1369 (1986). The Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, of September 26, 1986, can be found at 25 I.L.M. 1377 (1986).]
1 IAEA document GC(XXXV)/970.
2 GC(XXXV)/RES/553.
3 UNGA resolution 46/16.
4 Unnumbered report, summarized in IAEA document GOV/2567.
5 The historical background of the Convention appears in greater detail in IAEA document GOV/INF/723, paras. 5-21.
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